US20040022177A1 - Adaptive modulation and coding - Google Patents

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US20040022177A1
US20040022177A1 US10/629,386 US62938603A US2004022177A1 US 20040022177 A1 US20040022177 A1 US 20040022177A1 US 62938603 A US62938603 A US 62938603A US 2004022177 A1 US2004022177 A1 US 2004022177A1
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  • the present invention relates to adaptive modulation and coding methods and apparatus for use, for example, in wireless communication systems.
  • FIG. 1 shows parts of a wireless communication system 1 .
  • the system includes a plurality of base stations 2 , only one of which is shown in FIG. 1.
  • the base station 2 serves a cell in which a plurality of individual users may be located.
  • Each user has an individual user equipment (UE). Only the user equipments UE 2 , UE 11 and UE 50 are shown in FIG. 1.
  • Each UE is, for example, a portable terminal (handset) or portable computer.
  • a code-division multiple access (CDMA) system the signals transmitted to different UEs from the base station (also known as “node B”) are distinguished by using different channelisation codes.
  • a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) technique has been proposed for transmitting data in the downlink direction (from the base station to the UEs).
  • HSDPA high speed downlink packet access
  • a plurality of channels are available for transmitting the data.
  • These channels have different channelisation codes. For example, there may be ten different channels C 1 to C 10 available for HSDPA in a given cell or sector of a cell.
  • downlink transmissions are divided up into a series of transmission time intervals (TTI) or frames, and a packet of data is transmitted on each different available channel to a selected UE.
  • TTI transmission time intervals
  • FIG. 2 shows an example of the operation of the HSDPA technique over a series of transmission time intervals TTI 1 to TTI 9 .
  • TTI 1 it is determined that two packets will be sent to UE 50 , four packets will be sent to UE 11 and four packets will be sent to UE 2 .
  • two channels are allocated to UE 50 and four channels each are allocated to UE 11 and UE 2 .
  • UE 50 is allocated channels C 1 and C 2
  • UE 11 is allocated channels C 3 to C 6
  • UE 2 is allocated channels C 7 to C 10 .
  • TTI 2 a new user equipment UE 1 is sent one packet, and the remaining UEs specified in TTI 1 continue to receive packets.
  • the HSDPA system employs a number of parallel shared channels to transmit data in packet form from the base station to the different UEs.
  • This system is expected to be used, for example, to support world wide web (WWW) browsing.
  • WWW world wide web
  • CSI channel state information
  • RNC radio network controller
  • the HSDPA system may also use a control technique referred to as an adaptive modulation and coding scheme (AMCS) to enable the base station to select different modulation and/or coding schemes under different channel conditions.
  • AMCS adaptive modulation and coding scheme
  • FIG. 3 shows an example of the variation of a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) a downlink channel for four different users over a series of 5000 TTIs. This plot was obtained by a simulation. As illustrated, for a given UE the range of SIR values may be as much as from around +12 dB to ⁇ 15 dB. The SIR value varies due to shadowing, Rayleigh fading, and change in distribution of the mobile UEs, as well as cellular area specifications including the propagation parameters and speeds of UEs.
  • SIR signal-to-interference ratio
  • FIG. 4 is a graph illustrating a relationship between a data transmission rate (throughput) and signal-to-interference ratio for four different modulation and coding combinations, also referred to as modulation-and-coding scheme (MCS) levels.
  • the first three levels (MCS 8 , MCS 6 and MCS 5 ) are all quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) schemes which differ from one another in the number (64 or 16) of constellation points used.
  • the fourth level (MCS 1 ) uses quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) as its modulation scheme.
  • QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
  • QPSK quadrature phase shift keying
  • Each level uses coding defined by a coding parameter which, in this example, is expressed as a redundancy rate R.
  • a redundancy rate R For the first two levels MCS 8 and MCS 6 the redundancy rate R is 3 ⁇ 4, and for the third and fourth levels MCS 5 and MCS 1 the redundancy rate is 1 ⁇ 2.
  • the characteristic for this MCS level is illustrated by crosses in the figure.
  • a technique such as adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) is used to adapt the MCS level in accordance with the variations of the channel condition (e.g. SIR value).
  • AMC adaptive modulation and coding
  • Each UE produces a measure of the SIR of a downlink channel from the base station, and reports this measure (SIR value) to the base station.
  • the base station then employs the reported SIR values for each UE, as well as information relating to the system limitations and available MCS levels, to identify the most efficient MCS level for the particular UE.
  • the selection can be carried out, for example, by imposing thresholds (e.g. ThO1, ThO2 and ThO3, as shown in FIG. 4) for moving to the next MCS level. Effectively, the result is a classification of the transmission rates based on the channel quality of each UE.
  • each UE reports a SIR value in every TTI and the base station is capable of setting a new MCS level for each available channel in every TTI.
  • the HSDPA system may also employ a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) technique.
  • H-ARQ hybrid automatic repeat request
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for use in explaining how the H-ARQ technique works.
  • the technique is a so-called stop-and-wait (SAW) version of the technique.
  • the figure shows packet transmissions in a single downlink channel HSPDSCH1 over a series of successive TTIs, TTI 1 to TTI 9 .
  • TTI 2 a first packet is transmitted to UE 1 .
  • each UE Upon receiving a packet, each UE checks whether the transmission was error-free. If so, the UE sends an acknowledge message ACK back to the base station using an uplink control channel such as the dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH). If there was an error in the transmission of the received packet, the UE sends a non-acknowledge message NACK back to the base station using the uplink channel.
  • DPCCH dedicated physical control channel
  • the first packet transmitted to UE 1 in TTI 2 fails to be received error-free, and accordingly some time later, in TTI 4 , UE 1 sends the NACK message to the base station.
  • UE 1 sends the NACK message to the base station.
  • H-ARQ H-ARQ technique it is permitted for the next packet destined for a particular UE to be transmitted without waiting for the acknowledge or non-acknowledge message of a packet previously transmitted to the same UE.
  • none of the transmission timeslots can go idle in the case of error-free channels, which gives the ability to schedule UEs freely. System capacity is saved while the overall performance of the system in terms of delivered data is improved.
  • the base station before the NACK message for the first packet of UE 1 is received by the base station, the base station transmits a second packet to UE 1 in TTI 4 .
  • this second packet for UE 1 is transmitted before the first packet for UE 1 is retransmitted in TTI 7 in response to the NACK message for the first transmission of the first packet.
  • an erroneously-received packet (failed packet) is subject to a so-called chase combining process.
  • a failed packet is resent by the transmitter and subsequently the receiver “soft” combines (for example using maximal ratio combining) all received copies of the same packet.
  • the final SIR is determined as the sum of the respective SIRs of the two packets being combined.
  • the chase combining process improves the SIR of the transmitted packets.
  • NEC and Telecom MODUS jointly proposed an AMCS technique in which the thresholds for switching between different MCS levels are adjusted based on the ACK/NACK signalling from the UE. If NACK is signalled, the base station increases the thresholds by an upward amount S1. If ACK is signalled, the base station decreases the thresholds by a downward amount S2. The adjustments to the thresholds are limited and, for simplicity, the differences between thresholds may be fixed. The ratio between the upward amount S1 and the downward amount S2 may be determined based on the target error rate.
  • This AMCS method adjusts the thresholds between MCS levels to try to take into account different operating conditions in the wireless communication system.
  • the optimum MCS levels under any particular signal conditions depend on the Doppler frequency (i.e. the speed at which the UE is moving) and the multi-path propagation conditions.
  • FIG. 6 shows the effect of the UE speed on the throughput-vs.-SIR characteristic for each of the different MCS levels in FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 6 shows that throughput declines as UE speed increases. It can also be seen that the optimum thresholds for switching between MCS levels are also changed as the UE speed changes.
  • FIG. 6 relates to a single-path Rayleigh fading mode.
  • FIG. 7 shows the effect of different UE speeds under path conditions of two equal-gain paths. It can be seen that the characteristics are very different from FIG. 6, and it is clear that the optimum thresholds are changed as the path conditions change.
  • NEC/Telecom MODUS changes the thresholds as the operating conditions change but the method does not provide a satisfactory solution as it increases or decreases the threshold each time an ACK or NACK message is received, i.e. every frame. This appears to result in relatively poor performance at lower MCS levels for path conditions in which there is effectively a single dominant path, for example in open countryside.
  • an adaptive modulation and coding method comprises selecting one of a plurality of different available modulation and coding levels to apply to a signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver. The selection is based on a comparison between a signal transmission quality and a threshold value. The method also comprises adjusting the threshold value when the signal transmission quality is within a predetermined range of the threshold value, and maintaining the threshold value unchanged when the signal transmission quality is outside that range.
  • the threshold values are adjusted to take account of the prevailing signal transmission conditions but to a more limited extent than in previous proposals. This leads to improved throughput performance, especially under path conditions involving a single dominant path.
  • the signal transmission quality may be a signal-to-interference ratio, and may be measured by the receiver. The signal transmission quality may be measured based on the actual signal to which AMCS is being applied or on another signal, such as a pilot signal.
  • the threshold value may be increased by an upward amount when the signal is not received successfully by the receiver, and may be decreased by a downward amount when the signal is received successfully by the receiver.
  • the receiver is required to monitor whether the signal is received successfully, so using this information to help adjust the threshold value does not require any new information to be generated.
  • the threshold value may be increased by an upward amount when the received signal fails the cyclic redundancy check, and may be decreased by a downward amount when the received signal passes the cyclic redundancy check.
  • CRC cyclic redundancy check
  • the upward amount may be different from the downward amount.
  • the downward amount is smaller than the upward amount.
  • the received signal should be received successfully (e.g. pass the CRC) more frequently than it is received unsuccessfully (e.g. fail the CRC). Accordingly, to achieve stable adjustment or stability in the system, the downward amount, which is expected to be applied more often than the upward amount, should be smaller than the upward amount. If the signal transmission conditions are expected to be poor, on the other hand, the downward amount could be set higher than the upward amount.
  • a ratio of the downward amount to the upward amount may be dependent upon a target error rate of the received signal.
  • This target error rate is a measure of the expected success in receiving the signal.
  • the ratio of the downward amount to the upward amount is made equal to the ratio of the number of times the signal is received unsuccessfully to the number of times the signal is received successfully, i.e. the target error rate divided by 1 minus that error rate. In this way, the lower the target error rate the lower the ratio between the downward amount and the upward amount.
  • the downward amount and/or the upward amount is/are dependent upon a difference between the threshold value and the signal transmission quality. For example, the or each amount increases as the difference decreases. This has the effect of magnifying the adjustment amounts near to the threshold value, whilst limiting any adjustments further away from the threshold value.
  • each the threshold value is adjusted only when the signal transmission quality is within a predetermined range of the threshold value concerned.
  • the predetermined range for at least one threshold value may be different from the predetermined range for another the threshold value. This may be desirable as different levels have quite different characteristics, at least under some channel conditions. Having the ability to set different predetermined ranges for different thresholds can enable these differences to be taken into account.
  • the predetermined range may be set by a single value ⁇ so that it extends from the threshold value minus ⁇ to the threshold value plus ⁇ .
  • the range may be set by two different values ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 so that it extends from the threshold value minus ⁇ 1 to the threshold value plus ⁇ 2 .
  • having the ability to set different values ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 for the predetermined range can enable the different characteristics of MCS levels to be taken into account.
  • the adjusting step and the selecting step are carried out in the receiver, and the receiver reports the selected level to the transmitter.
  • the receiver reports the signal transmission quality to the transmitter, and the adjusting step and selecting step are carried out in the transmitter.
  • the selecting step may be carried out after the adjusting step so that the selection is based on the threshold values after any adjustments have been applied. Alternatively, the selecting step may be carried out before the adjusting step.
  • the selecting step it may also be desirable to make the selection dependent on whether or not the signal was received successfully. For example, if the signal was not received successfully, a move to a higher level may be prevented, even if the signal transmission quality is now greater than the adjusted threshold value.
  • the method may be used in any communication system having a transmitter and a receiver in which an AMCS method is applicable.
  • the method may be used in a cellular wireless communication system, in which case the transmitter may be a base station of the wireless communication system, and the receiver may be a user equipment of the system.
  • the method is particularly useful in an HSDPA system, in which case the signal to which AMCS is applied is a downlink packet access signal.
  • adaptive modulation and coding apparatus comprises a level selecting unit which selects one of a plurality of different available modulation and coding levels to apply to a signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver. The selection is based upon a comparison between a signal transmission quality and a threshold value.
  • the apparatus also comprises a threshold value adjusting unit operable, when the signal transmission quality is within a predetermined range of the threshold value, to adjust the threshold value, and also operable when the signal transmission quality is outside that range, to maintain the threshold value unchanged.
  • a user equipment for use in a wireless communication system.
  • the user equipment comprises a level selecting unit which selects one of a plurality of different available modulation and coding levels to be applied by a base station of the system to a downlink signal transmitted from the base station to the user equipment. The selection is based on a comparison between a signal transmission quality and a threshold value.
  • the user equipment also comprises a threshold value adjusting unit operable, when the signal transmission quality is within a predetermined range of the threshold value, to adjust the threshold value, and also operable, when the signal transmission quality is outside that range, to maintain the threshold value unchanged.
  • a reporting unit reports the selected level to the base station.
  • a base station for use in a wireless communication system.
  • the base station comprises a report receiving unit which receives from a user equipment of the system a report of a downlink signal transmission quality produced by the user equipment.
  • a level selecting unit selects one of a plurality of different available modulation and coding levels to apply to a downlink signal transmitted from the base station to the user equipment. The selection is based upon a comparison between the reported downlink signal transmission quality and a threshold value.
  • a threshold value adjusting unit is operable, when the signal transmission quality is within a predetermined range of the threshold value, to adjust the threshold value, and also operable, when the signal transmission quality is outside that range, to maintain the threshold value unchanged.
  • an AMCS method embodying the invention is likely to be implemented at least in part by a processor in the user equipment or in the base station which runs an operating program.
  • an operating program which, when run on a processor in a user equipment of a wireless communication system, causes the user equipment to carry out certain steps of the method.
  • One step is to select one of a plurality of different available modulation and coding levels to be applied by a base station of the system to a downlink signal transmitted from the base station to the user equipment. The selection is based on a comparison between a signal transmission quality and a threshold value.
  • the threshold value is adjusted, and, when the signal transmission quality is outside that range, the threshold value is maintained unchanged.
  • the selected level is reported to the base station.
  • an operating program which, when run on a processor in a base station of a wireless communication system, causes the base station to carry out certain steps.
  • One step is receiving from a user equipment of the system a report of a downlink signal transmission quality produced by the user equipment.
  • Another step is selecting one of a plurality of different available modulation and coding levels to be applied by the base station to a downlink signal transmitted from the base station to the user equipment. The selection is based on a comparison between the reported downlink signal transmission quality and a threshold value.
  • the threshold value is adjusted, and when the signal transmission quality is outside that range, the threshold value is maintained unchanged.
  • control circuitry for use in a user equipment or base station which control circuitry carries out the steps of the fifth and sixth aspects.
  • FIG. 1 shows parts of a wireless communication system employing a HSDPA technique for downlink transmissions
  • FIG. 2 shows an example of the operation of the HSDPA technique in the FIG. 1 system
  • FIG. 3 is a graph illustrating an example variation in signal-to-interference ratio of a downlink channel over a series of transmission time intervals for four different UEs in a wireless communication system
  • FIG. 4 is a graph for use in explaining an adaptive modulation and coding technique
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for use in explaining an automatic repeat request process
  • FIG. 6 is a graph corresponding to FIG. 4 for illustrating how a UE speed affects operation of an adaptive modulation and coding technique
  • FIG. 7 is another graph for illustrating how different path conditions affect the operation of an adaptive modulation and coding technique
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart for use in explaining an AMCS method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic view of parts of a wireless communication system for explaining signalling used therein;
  • FIGS. 10 to 13 are graphs for comparing operation of an AMC method embodying the present invention with conventional methods under different UE speed and path conditions;
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram for use in explaining a modification to the FIG. 8 method
  • FIGS. 15 (A) and 15 (B) are schematic diagrams for use in explaining how to set an upward amount used in the FIG. 8 method
  • FIG. 16 is a flowchart for use in explaining an AMCS method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 17 presents a table giving detailed parameters of different MCS levels.
  • FIGS. 18 (A) to 18 (C) present respective I-Q diagrams showing constellation points for example MCS levels.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart for use in explaining an AMCS method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the UE selects the appropriate MCS level for each frame of the downlink signal and reports the selected level to the base station.
  • the method is used to adapt the MCS level of a downlink packet access signal in an HSDPA system.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic view for explaining signalling in the first embodiment.
  • a common pilot channel (CPICH) is used to broadcast a signal to all UEs in the cell served by the base station, in order to enable each UE to measure a downlink channel quality based on the CPICH signal.
  • a high-speed downlink shared channel HS-DSCH is used to transmit packet data to a UE.
  • a high-speed shared control channel HS-SCCH is used to carry transport format and resource related information (TFIR). This TFIR is, for example, 8 bits and includes information regarding a channelisation code, a MCS level, and a transport block size.
  • the HS-SCCH also carries HARQ related information.
  • This HARQ information is, for example, 12 bits and includes a HARQ process number, a redundancy version, a new data indicator, and a UE ID.
  • a dedicated physical channel DPCH is optionally employed to transmit a high-speed data control signal for indicating whether or not the high-speed packet mode is in use.
  • Uplink signalling is carried out using a high-speed dedicated physical control channel HS-DPCCH.
  • This channel is used to transmit a channel quality indicator, an HARQ acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and, in the present embodiment, a MCS level selected by the UE.
  • ACK/NACK HARQ acknowledgement
  • the AMCS method according to the first embodiment operates on a frame-by-frame basis.
  • TTI downlink frame
  • step S 1 the UE produces a measure of downlink channel quality.
  • This measure is, for example, based on the CPICH and represents a ratio of a received power Î or of the CPICH signal to background noise including interference I OC .
  • the ratio Î or /I OC is a signal-to-interference ratio.
  • step S 1 the UE carries out a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) on the current frame of the HS-DSCH signal.
  • CRC cyclic redundancy check
  • step S 2 the measure of downlink channel quality produced in step S 1 is compared with a set of threshold values held by the UE for MCS selection purposes. There is one such threshold value for each pair of adjacent MCS levels. These threshold values correspond to the threshold values Th01, Th02 and Th03 described with reference to FIG. 4 above. Based on the comparison, it is determined whether or not the measure of downlink channel quality is within a predetermined range ⁇ dB of one of the threshold values. As described later in more detail, ⁇ may be different for different threshold values in the set.
  • each threshold value there may be two ⁇ -values, ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 , and the downlink channel quality measure is considered to be within the predetermined range if it is greater than the threshold value less ⁇ 1 and less than the threshold value plus ⁇ 2 .
  • step S 7 the downlink channel quality measure is compared with the different threshold values and the appropriate MCS level is selected based on the comparison.
  • MCS 8 is selected; if the measure is between the threshold values Th02 and Th03 MCS 6 is selected; if the measure is between the threshold values Th01 and Th02, MCS 5 is selected, and if the measure is less than the threshold value Th01, MCS 1 is selected.
  • the selected MCS level is reported to the base station using the HS-DPCCH.
  • step S 4 it is determined whether the CRC result in step S 1 was a pass or fail. If the result was a pass, i.e. the ACK message was sent from the UE back to the base station, the threshold value that has found to be within the predetermined range is decreased by a downward amount ⁇ Down in step S 5 . If, on the other hand, the CRC result was a fail, i.e. the NACK message was sent by the UE back to the base station, the threshold value found to be within the predetermined range is increased by an upward amount ⁇ Up in step S 6 .
  • steps S 5 and S 6 only the threshold value found to be within the predetermined range of the downlink channel quality message is changed. Each of the remaining threshold values is left unchanged.
  • step S 5 or step S 6 processing proceeds to step S 7 to select the appropriate MCS level for the next downlink frame. In this case, therefore, the selection is made based on the updated set of threshold values.
  • the threshold values are adjusted according to whether the downlink signal was received successfully by the UE or not (steps S 4 to S 6 ) as in the previous joint proposal of NEC and MODUS Telecom described in the introduction.
  • the present embodiment only adjusts a threshold value if the downlink channel quality measure is within a predetermined range of that value. Otherwise, no change is made to the threshold values (step S 3 ). This has the effect of limiting the changes to the threshold values in use of the method.
  • this simple measure provides a significant improvement in performance of the AMCS method, as will now be explained with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13 .
  • FIG. 10 shows a throughput versus downlink channel quality characteristic for a first conventional AMCS method having fixed threshold values (solid line), a second conventional AMCS method according to the joint NEC/MODUS Telecom proposal having adjustable threshold values (dotted line), and an AMCS method embodying the present invention (dashed line).
  • FIG. 10 assumes that the UE is moving at a low speed of 3 kph and that the channel estimation carried out by the UE is perfect.
  • an AMCS method embodying the present invention provides a significant improvement in performance over both conventional methods, over a very wide range of downlink channel qualities (e.g. from ⁇ 6 dB to +16 dB).
  • the second conventional method has a significant dip in performance under the single path condition for downlink channel qualities in the range from about ⁇ 10 dB to +4 dB. This dip is thought to arise from a bunching of the threshold values under the single dominant path condition.
  • FIG. 11 shows the corresponding results for the three methods, again under single path conditions, but with the UE moving at a medium speed of 60 kph. In this case, also, it is evident that the AMCS method embodying the present invention avoids the undesirable dip in the second conventional method.
  • FIG. 12 shows some results obtained under two-equal-gain path conditions for the three different methods, and also shows (for comparison purposes) the performance of the first conventional method and a method embodying the present invention for single-path conditions.
  • the UE is assumed to be moving at 3 kph as in FIG. 10.
  • FIG. 13 shows results corresponding to FIG. 12 but for a UE moving at a very high speed of 120 kph.
  • a method embodying the present invention outperforms both the conventional methods, in particular the first conventional method (fixed thresholds) which has a significant performance dip for downlink channel qualities between +4 and +24 dB.
  • FIG. 14 shows the threshold value Th02 used for selecting between MCS 5 and MCS 6 , and the threshold value Th03 used for selecting between MCS 6 and MCS 8 . Assume that the threshold values have been adjusted as necessary in step S 5 or S 6 or maintained unchanged in step S 3 and that the current MCS level is MCS 6 .
  • the MCS level is maintained unchanged in step S 7 .
  • the MCS level is reduced from its current level MCS 6 to a lower level MCS 5 .
  • the MCS level is not automatically increased to MCS 8 as in step S 7 as previously described. Instead, the MCS level is maintained at its current level MCS 6 when the CRC result is a failure, and only increased to MCS 8 when the CRC result is a pass. In this way, selection of a higher MCS level, although suggested by the threshold value comparison, is prevented if the signal is not received successfully.
  • the value ⁇ (or pair of values ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 ) can be different for each threshold value.
  • a typical value of ⁇ is 1 dB.
  • FIG. 7, discussed in the introduction showed that when the path conditions are two equal-gain paths, and the fading model is a Rayleigh fading model, MCS 6 always achieves a greater throughput than MCS 8 .
  • the threshold value Th03 for selecting between MCS 6 and MCS 8 is redundant, which is equivalent to it having an infinite value. This suggests that Th03 can vary in a very wide range. In this case ⁇ 2 for Th03 can be chosen to be arbitrarily large or even infinite.
  • the target frame error rate may be different for each different threshold value.
  • a FER value of around 10 to 15% may be considered typical.
  • the target FER could alternatively be a target FER value for the currently-selected MCS level, for example a target value for a quality measure in the middle of the band of quality measures over which that MCS level is selected.
  • ⁇ Up 0 is an initial value of ⁇ Up
  • Thx is the threshold value being adjusted
  • SIR is the present downlink channel quality measure
  • a and b are constants.
  • a>0 a sensible value could be 0.25 to 1
  • b ⁇ 0 a sensible value could be 0.25 to 1
  • Equation (3) results in a relationship between ⁇ Up and the difference between SIR and Thx as shown in FIG. 15(B). Equation (1) may be used to set ⁇ Down in this case also.
  • Equations (2) and (3) have the effect of increasing ⁇ Up (and ⁇ Down) when the downlink channel quality measure becomes closer to one of the current threshold values.
  • a first step S 10 the UE produces a measure of downlink channel quality and also carries out a cyclic redundancy check on the current frame of the HS-DSCH.
  • the downlink signal quality measure and the CRC result are reported by the UE to the base station via the HS-DPCCH.
  • the base station then carries out steps S 11 to S 15 , which correspond respectively to the steps S 2 to S 6 in FIG. 6, except that the operations are in this case carried out in the base station rather than in the UE.
  • step S 16 the base station selects the MCS level for the next downlink frame based on the threshold values (in the same way as the UE did in step S 7 in FIG. 8).
  • the MCS selection made according to the downlink channel quality measure may be overridden by the base station, for example depending on the amount of data waiting at the base station for transmission to the UE concerned.
  • MCS 1 , MCS 5 , MCS 6 and MCS 8 available MCS levels
  • MCS 8 available MCS levels
  • FIG. 17 A table showing the characteristics of MCS levels 1 to 8 as an example is presented in FIG. 17.
  • Quadrature phase shift keying has 2 bits per symbol
  • 8 phase shift keying (8 PSK) has 3 bits per symbol
  • 16 quadrature amplitude amplitude modulation (16 QAM) has 4 bits per symbol
  • 64 quadrature amplitude amplitude modulation 64 QAM has 6 bits per symbol.
  • QPSK Quadrature phase shift keying
  • 8 PSK 8 phase shift keying
  • 16 QAM quadrature amplitude amplitude modulation
  • 64 QAM quadrature amplitude amplitude modulation
  • Each scheme results in 2 ⁇ circumflex over ( ) ⁇ n constellation points, where n is the number of bits per symbol.
  • the constellation points in I-Q signal space are shown for 8 PSK, 16 QAM and 64 QAM in FIGS. 18 (A) to (C) respectively.
  • TDMA time-division multiple access
  • WDMA wavelength-division multiple access
  • FDMA frequency-division multiple access
  • SDMA space-division multiple access
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